The removal men came on Tuesday morning, swiftly carrying all our stuff out to the van and unloading it at … More
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This week’s small pleasures #357
The weekend news here in New Zealand was dominated by the results of the general election, resulting in a change … More
This week’s small pleasures #356
While the week was full of many small pleasures, from sunny days to spring flowers and good food, I also … More
This week’s small pleasures #339
It has been a rather grey and damp King’s Birthday holiday today, and you can really feel a shift to … More
This week’s small pleasures #321
Usually I have an idea of what I want to write about on Mondays when I think about the good … More
This week’s small pleasures #316 or the Hawke’s Bay edition
I was in two minds as to what to write today given this is the first post of 2023, but … More
Time for travel: Wellington to Napier
As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc), … More
This week’s small pleasures #304
It is Monday evening, the sun is shining and I am home for work, welcomed by a very happy Charlie. … More
This week’s small pleasures #276
It seems like yesterday we were ringing in the new year, but here we are at the end of March … More
This week’s small pleasures #260
It is a bit of a grey day today. It has looked like rain all day but none has materialised … More